Crypto Payment Gateway CoinPayments appoints Jason Butcher as new CEO
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Crypto payments provider CoinPayments has announced that its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jason Butcher has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.
Founded in 2013, CoinPayments is a crypto payments provider that supports payments for bitcoin and over 1,000 altcoins for 2.3 million business and user accounts in 182 countries. The company offers pre-built plugins and integrations for all major ecommerce platforms, including Shopify, Woocommerce, and Magento.
Butcher founded HODLTech and DIGISURE in 2018, Parallel Payments in 2011 and is actively involved in a number of global technology projects from FinTech, Crowdfunding and Blockchain. He is also a consultant to the Blockchain Association of Canada and is a Fintech advisor to the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association.
Butcher joined CoinPayments as a consultant in 2015 and was promoted as COO in 2017. He helped boost CoinPayments’ monthly transactions to over $ 100 million. This year, under Butcher’s leadership, the company is set to solidify its success through a series of upcoming partnership and product announcements, steady revenue growth, and ongoing support for new altcoins.
“For businesses large and small, cryptocurrency payment has evolved from a new concept to a reliable, secure and global way of conducting business,” said CoinPayments founder and board member Alex Alexandrov. “CoinPayments is poised to solidify our reputation as the preferred cryptocurrency payment platform in 2020 and Jason is the right choice to lead us.”
“Accessibility to crypto payments allows businesses to be more agile with customers and partners by offering greater security and faster transactions without red tape,” said Butcher. “Our goal is to enable more companies globally to have personalized tools and services, as well as a superior customer service experience.”
